Bob Crouse
Medical Marijuana Cancer Patient Wins Freedom to Medicate!

Medical Marijuana Cancer Patient
Wins Freedom to Medicate!

Bob Crouse Celebrates Victory, But Can't Go Home
Because of Wildfire Threat

FIRE EVACUATION FUNDS NEEDED
Bob has been forced to evacuate his home due to Colorado wildfires.
Please send donations to celebrate this victory help support
Bob and his 90-year-old mother, who have been displaced by
the fires. The trial was a huge emotional and financial burden
on them both, and the evacuation only adds to the stress.
Please be generous.
PLEASE DONATE TODAY:
Send checks in any amount to:Bob Crouse, P.O. Box 97, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80918

For immediate release: June 29, 2012

Patient Bob Crouse NOT GUILTY on All Medical Marijuana Charges
in El Paso County

{Colorado Springs, CO} -- Leukemia patient Bob Crouse celebrates
a victory to use cannabis as his cancer treatment of choice. In
a battle for his life that lasted over a year, on Friday, June 29,
2012 at 4:20pm, a jury of 12 El Paso County residents declared Crouse
to be "not guilty" on all charges.

Background
Crouse had been charged by El Paso County District Attorney Dan
May of felony cultivation and distribution of marijuana. Crouse
had been treating his leukemia with a preparation of cannabis called
"Phoenix Tears", developed by Canadian cancer patient
Rick Simpson.
http://phoenixtears.ca/

Crouse's treatment required him to cultivate up to 75 plants at
a time. At his trial, his physician testified that this was a reasonable
number of plants for Bob to use to produce his treatment. The Colorado
Constitution states that medical marijuana patients can have as
much marijuana as medically necessary and that it is up to the patient
to decide what that amount is.

The jury deliberated for less than 4 hours, which included a 1.5
hour lunch break.

FIRE EVACUATION FUNDS NEEDED
Bob has been forced to evacuate his home due to Colorado wildfires.
Please send donations to celebrate this victory help support
Bob and his 90-year-old mother, who have been displaced by
the fires. The trial was a huge emotional and financial burden
on them both, and the evacuation only adds to the stress.
Please be generous.
PLEASE DONATE TODAY:
Send checks in any amount to:Bob Crouse, P.O. Box 97, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80918

Juries Are the Last Line of Defense

It has been said that juries are the last line of defense between
a citizen and a tyrannical government, and that is exactly what
we were seeing here in Colorado.

This is the second high-profile medical marijuana case to result
in a jury acquittal in El Paso County this month.

On June 11, medical marijuana caregiver Elisa Kappelmann
was found not guilty on marijuana cultivation charges. El Paso County
is generally seen as one of the more conservative counties in the
state, but even conservatives have no tolerance for a rogue government
prosecuting cancer patients for trying to heal themselves.http://www.gazette.com/articles/jury-140056-verdict-guilty.html

Despite a medical marijuana law that was enacted over 12 years
ago to protect patients, the state of Colorado has ramped up its
prosecution of medical marijuana cases to a record level. It is
up to the juries to toss these cases out, and they are standing
up to their duty statewide.

There have been several other jury acquittals of medical marijuana
patients in other districts
In Jefferson
County in May 2012, medical marijuana caregiver Josh Jones
was acquitted by a jury of 12 after he was forced to endure
not one, but two trials.

Crouse's trial lasted 5 days. Bob was represented by the El Paso
County's Public Defender's Office, and prosecuted by the El Paso
County District Attorney, so taxpayers got to foot the bill for
both the prosecution and the defense.

FIRE EVACUATION FUNDS NEEDED
Bob has been forced to evacuate his home due to Colorado wildfires.
Please send donations to celebrate this victory help support
Bob and his 90-year-old mother, who have been displaced by
the fires. The trial was a huge emotional and financial burden
on them both, and the evacuation only adds to the stress.
Please be generous.
PLEASE DONATE TODAY:
Send checks in any amount to:Bob Crouse, P.O. Box 97, Green Mountain Falls, CO 80918

2) PROTEST FRIDAY (1/27/12)
Free Bob Crouse Protest
Fri., Jan. 27, 2012
Protest: 12noon to 1:30pm
Location: El Paso County Courthouse
270 S. Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO
Bring signs for the protest outside the courthouse. Show the judge
and District Attorney that the community will not stand for prosecution
of patients.

BOB SAYS CANNABIS IS CURING HIS CANCER
Bob called CTI just before Christmas with GREAT NEWS. Recent blood
tests have shown that in the months when he has been able to obtain
and ingest a consistent supply of Phoenix Tears, his leukemia cell
count has decreased by HALF since his original diagnosis in 2007.
Here is more info. on the blood tests:http://coconnect.me/2011/12/22/bob-crouse-misplaced-his-leukemia/

Bob Crouse has been fighting his leukemia with a preparation of
cannabis called "Phoenix Tears". This is the medicine
that Bob is being prosecuted for growing in his house. Bob has not
been under any treatment, so attributes all of the cancer-fighting
to cannabis!http://phoenixtears.ca/

BACKGROUNDBob Crouse is a 63-year-old leukemia patient being prosecuted
by El Paso County. He is charged with two felonies (cultivation
and distribution), even though the amount of medicine and plants
he possessed was well within the limits recommended by his physician
and allowed by the Colorado Constitution, Article XVIII, Section
14 (Colorado's Medical Marijuana Law).

Bob was using cannabis medicine to treat the symptoms of his illness
and also to attack the cancer directly. Numerous studies have shown
that cannabis has anti-tumor effects. Bob was using a treatment
called "Phoenix Tears", developed by a Canadian patient
Rick Simpson (see www.phoenixtears.ca). This treatment requires
several ounces of raw plant material to make one gram of medicine.
Bob said that the Phoenix Tears treatment seemed to have a remarkable
effect on his cancer. He said he could actually feel it attacking
the cancer in his body like "scrubbing bubbles."

Please donate to the Bob Crouse Legal Defense Fund to help
him hire a private attorney. Bob has not been able to work since
he was diagnosed with leukemia 4 years ago. And he has also had
to take care of his 90-year-old mother at the same time. The stress
of his arrest and prosecution has drained his energy even further.
Please help Bob stand up for all cancer patients in El Paso County
and help him fight for his right to treat himself with cannabis,
the safest therapeutically active substance known to man.

Donations to the Bob Crouse Legal Defense Fund
should be made directly to Bob. Checks should be written to Bob
Crouse and can be mailed to:Bob Crouse
P.O. Box 97
Green Mountain Falls, CO 80819